TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS: STRINGS (1)

Remember the slide on a previous post: THE ORCHESTRA, where we can see the different types of instruments.

1- STRING INSTRUMENTS: 
The sound in these instruments is produced by the vibrating of their strings.

These instruments are subdivided into:

a) BOWED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, 
which are played rubbing the strings with a BOW

and in this group we find:

(The difference between bowed stringed and plucked stringed instruments below ↓)

b) PLUCKED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, (see some above ↑)
which are played plucking the strings with fingers:

or with a plectrum:

in this group we find, among others:

c) STRUCK STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, 
played by small hammers striking the strings:

 in the piano: